Walton

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 KIMBERLY B. WALTON, Case No. 3:18-cv-01267-JD

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. 9 Re: Dkt. Nos. 15, 20 10

ANDREW SAUL,1

Defendant. 11

12 13 Plaintiff Walton challenges a decision of a Social Security Administration (“SSA”) 14 administrative law judge (“ALJ”) that denied her application for supplemental security income 15 (“SSI”) under Title XVI of the Social Security Act. The parties filed cross-motions for summary 16 judgment. Dkt. Nos. 15, 20. Walton also filed a reply brief in opposition to defendant’s cross- 17 motion and in support of her motion for summary judgment. Dkt. No. 21. Walton’s motion is 18 granted, and the case is remanded to the SSA for further proceedings consistent with this order. 19 Defendant’s motion is denied. 20 In a decision dated January 4, 2017, the ALJ found that Walton suffers from a number of 21 severe physical and mental impairments, including depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, 22 hypertension, obesity and degenerative disc disease. Administrative…